Artificial Intelligence 22 May 2026

Coherent Shares Trade Close to $378, With Next Test Set for Tuesday After Volatile AI-Optics Week

Coherent Corp. ended Friday at $377.57, off 0.1% and down about 1.3% from last week’s May 15 close. The shares saw a big drop Monday, then bounced Thursday as AI-optics names rallied into the holiday break.

23 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:COHR·Stock Market·Technology

Intuit Slashes 3,000 Jobs as TurboTax Faces New AI Threats

Intuit said it will cut around 3,000 jobs and shut its Reno and Woodland Hills offices. The TurboTax parent is making the move as it pushes further into artificial intelligence and looks to protect its main tax business.

23 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:INTU·Technology

AXT Hits Record as AI Optics Bet Lifts Shares

AXT, Inc. shares surged to an all-time high Friday, finishing at $140.83 after rallying 16.37%. That followed a 15.69% climb on Thursday. The moves came as traders kept jumping into indium phosphide plays, betting on the material’s use in high-speed optical connections for AI data centers.

23 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AXTI·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Micron slips in New York; memory push keeps focus on AI signal

Micron Technology shares pulled back Friday, after a steep jump on Thursday. The chipmaker has started making advanced memory chips in Virginia, calling it a move to boost U.S. semiconductor supply.

23 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MU·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Marathon Digital shares approach $14 after miner’s AI push draws Wall Street notice

MARA Holdings gained Friday, with shares climbing to nearly $14 as the stock moved up even as bitcoin lost ground. MARA was last up 3.25% at $13.99, according to Barchart. Bitcoin dropped about 1.6% to around $76,450.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Bitcoin·NASDAQ:MARA·Stock Market

Keel Infrastructure at 52-Week High After AI Move

Keel Infrastructure Corp. jumped as much as 5% late Friday, reaching $5.03 on Nasdaq to match its 52-week high. Traders kept picking up shares of the former Bitfarms as it moves into AI data-center infrastructure. KEEL traded at $4.87 as of 2:52 p.m. EDT, with 31.84 million shares swapped versus a 33.91 million average volume.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:KEEL·Stock Market·TSX:KEEL

HPE Shares Gain Ahead of Earnings as Wall Street Pushes AI Hardware

Hewlett Packard Enterprise stock was up 9.9% to $37.33 by 2:01 p.m. EDT on Friday, with traders moving into hardware and networking names ahead of a packed earnings calendar. Shares traded during open U.S. markets, with a break coming up for Memorial Day on Monday, May 25.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NYSE:HPE·Stock Market·Technology

Ondas Pauses After $196.6M AI-Defense Deal

Ondas Inc. shares didn’t move Friday after the company wrapped up its $196.6 million all-stock purchase of Israel’s Omnisys. Traders also noted a fresh resale filing linked to a recent Mistral deal.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Defense Industry·NASDAQ:ONDS·Stock Market

Zoom Stock Jumps as AI Metric Draws Investor Focus

Zoom Communications shares surged roughly 12% on Friday morning, with the stock reaching a fresh 52-week high after the company boosted its fiscal 2027 guidance and increased its share buyback plan. Zoom was last trading near $108, up from a $96.75 close on Thursday.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ZM·Stock Market·Technology

Spotify Stock Is Jumping Again — Here’s the AI Bet Wall Street Just Bought

Spotify Technology shares rose again on Friday, extending a sharp rally sparked by the company’s new artificial-intelligence music tools, a Universal Music Group deal and fresh profit targets through 2030. The stock was recently trading near $528, up about 8% from Thursday’s $489.93 close, after a 13% jump the previous session.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ARM·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Arm breaks above $300 as AI CPU bets heat up on Wall Street

Arm Holdings stock topped $300 on Friday morning, as the rally kept running. The chip designer hit $300.89 by 9:58 a.m. Eastern, up 0.9%, according to MarketBeat. Arm is now in the thick of the AI semiconductor trade.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ARM·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Wall Street Pushes Dell’s AI Run Again But Sends a Caution

Dell Technologies shares climbed over 10% in early Friday trading, as more Wall Street analysts raised their price targets on the stock riding a rally fueled by AI server demand. Wells Fargo hiked its target on Dell to $270 from $180. Morgan Stanley also boosted its target, moving it up to $170 from $110, but stuck with an Underweight rating, meaning it thinks investors should have less Dell than the benchmark suggests.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:DELL·Stock Market·Technology

Nokia Shares Jump on Friday, Investors Focus on AI Network Play

Nokia Oyj shares climbed late Friday in Helsinki, beating gains in the Finnish blue-chip index. Investors kept adding to positions in the network equipment maker with hopes pinned on the company's push into artificial intelligence infrastructure.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:NOK·Stock Market·Technology

Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs as Zuckerberg Pushes AI Ambitions

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees he isn’t planning more company-wide layoffs this year. The comments followed Meta’s move to cut about 8,000 jobs and shift thousands of staff to artificial intelligence roles. That’s roughly 10% of Meta’s workers.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:META·Technology

Workday Jumps Early After Earnings Turn Up the AI Trade

Workday shares jumped in pre-market trade Friday after the cloud software company topped Wall Street’s profit and revenue forecasts, with the beat pulling in buyers looking past recent AI-driven weakness in the stock.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:WDAY·Stock Market

Plug Power Shares Jump; Traders Eye AI Power Angle

Plug Power shares looked a bit firmer ahead of Friday’s Nasdaq open after the stock surged 14.2% to $3.78 on Thursday. That’s a notable jump for the hydrogen name, which is still working to show it can turn bigger sales into profit. Nasdaq’s main session is from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:PLUG·NYSE:BE·NYSE:KMB·Renewable Energy·Stock Market

OpenAI Shares Hype Returns, Still No Ticker in Sight

OpenAI looks set for an IPO in the coming months, with its private-share price and future index weight drawing attention, even though there’s no ticker yet. The company plans to file confidentially for a U.S. IPO in the next few weeks, aiming for a debut as early as September, a person familiar told Reuters. IPOX Vice President Kat Liu said one big legal hurdle has now been cleared, calling it “a major obstacle to an IPO.”

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·OpenAI·Stock Market

WhiteFiber Stock Rips 22% on $160 Million AI Deal. The Test Comes in July

WhiteFiber Inc. shares surged on Thursday after the AI infrastructure company said it signed a five-year agreement to provide compute capacity for an investment-grade technology customer in the Paris region, giving investors a fresh contract to price into a small but closely watched AI data-center name. The stock closed at $29.55, up 22.2%, and Google Finance showed it at $33.31 in after-hours trade.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Technology

Ackman Sold Alphabet, Bought Microsoft in Split AI Play

Pershing Square, run by Bill Ackman, sold its longtime Alphabet position and bought Microsoft after the software giant’s shares fell. Ackman used proceeds from the Alphabet sale to back the new buy. The move puts Pershing Square on the bullish side of the market debate on Microsoft’s AI spending.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:MSFT·Stock Market·Technology

AMD stock rises after $10 billion Taiwan AI move targets Nvidia

AMD shares were up late Thursday after the company said it plans to put more than $10 billion into Taiwan’s AI supply chain. Amkor Technology said it’s teaming with AMD on chip packaging in Arizona. The stock rose 0.4% to $449.59, trading between $431.65 and $451.01 during the session.

22 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AMD·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Artificial Intelligence 22 May 2026 - 23 May 2026

Coherent Shares Trade Close to $378, With Next Test Set for Tuesday After Volatile AI-Optics Week

Intuit Slashes 3,000 Jobs as TurboTax Faces New AI Threats

AXT Hits Record as AI Optics Bet Lifts Shares

Micron slips in New York; memory push keeps focus on AI signal

Marathon Digital shares approach $14 after miner’s AI push draws Wall Street notice

Keel Infrastructure at 52-Week High After AI Move

HPE Shares Gain Ahead of Earnings as Wall Street Pushes AI Hardware

Ondas Pauses After $196.6M AI-Defense Deal

Zoom Stock Jumps as AI Metric Draws Investor Focus

Spotify Stock Is Jumping Again — Here’s the AI Bet Wall Street Just Bought

Arm breaks above $300 as AI CPU bets heat up on Wall Street

Wall Street Pushes Dell’s AI Run Again But Sends a Caution

Nokia Shares Jump on Friday, Investors Focus on AI Network Play

Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs as Zuckerberg Pushes AI Ambitions

Workday Jumps Early After Earnings Turn Up the AI Trade

Plug Power Shares Jump; Traders Eye AI Power Angle

OpenAI Shares Hype Returns, Still No Ticker in Sight

WhiteFiber Stock Rips 22% on $160 Million AI Deal. The Test Comes in July

Ackman Sold Alphabet, Bought Microsoft in Split AI Play

AMD stock rises after $10 billion Taiwan AI move targets Nvidia

TechStock² Updates

Duolingo Shares Fall Despite Faster User Growth Than Bookings in Q2

Figma shares drop 15% as rising AI expenses overshadow 48% revenue increase

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) fraud-claim scrutiny weighs on stock at analysts’ target

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Hits Wall Street Target Ahead of Q2 ARR Challenge

Intel Shares Fall Beneath $100 as 2026 Earnings Forecasts Surge 38%

Live updates

Investment Disclaimer